RPC VII.2, 2884

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2884
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΚΑΙ ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑΝ (sic) ϹΕΒ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστὸς καὶ Σαβινίαν Τρανκυλλίναν Σεβαστήν Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) καὶ Σαβινία(ν) Τρανκυλλίναν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus and for Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩ, ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Σελευκέων τῶν πρός τῷ Καλυκάδνῳ Ἐλευθέρας Σελευκέων τῶ(ν) πρός τῷ Καλυκάδνῳ Ἐλευθέρας
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus river, free
Reverse design confronted busts of Apollo, laureate and draped, right, and Tyche, draped, left; behind Apollo, branch; behind Tyche, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 23.18 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G1874,0715.353 BMC 47
2 2     ✸ P: 973 SNG 1034
3 3     NY: 1944.100.54219
4 4     CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 353
5 5     CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1199
6 6     Gorny & Mosch, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 698